Chelsea and Crystal Palace want to join Liverpool

Chelsea and Crystal Palace dream of becoming Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp rivals this Sunday at Wembley in the grand final of the FA Cup, which will be played on May 14 in the same legendary setting. The ‘red’ team qualified for it this Saturday after beating their great rival, Manchester City by Pep Guardiola, 2-3.

CHELSEA-CRYSTAL PALACE

Wembley, 5:30 pm (DAZN)

The ‘blues’, recently removed from Real Madrid’s Champions League and who have won this season’s European Super Cup and Club World Cup, want to end the course by winning its FA Cup and taking revenge on Liverpool, who left the Carabao Cup without beating them on penalties in February.

Romelu Lukaku returned to training on Thursday after his injury and Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea manager, has not decided if he will be able to play in the semi-finals. All indications are that Kepa Arrizabalaga will defend Chelsea’s goal against Crystal Palace.

The ‘blue’ club used the ‘fear clause’ and did not allow Conor Gallagher, whom they borrowed from Crystal Palace, to play in this match. Tuchel apologized for this but clarified that “when we make a move, these are the rules and they are clear.”

This will be the first match for Chelsea since they were eliminated against Real Madrid and because they can no longer defend their European champion title.

Chelsea want to reach the final and win their ninth FA Cup (the first since 2018). But the Crystal Palace, under the direction of Patrick Vieira. He also dreams of reaching the final, which caused anxiety and winning his first FA Cup after being runner-up in 1989-90 and 2015-16.

Patrick Vieira won 5 FA Cups as a player; 4 at Arsenal and one at Manchester City. Crystal Palace is 13th in the Premier table.